SYLHET, May 21 (UNB): A court sentenced on Wednesday a man to life term imprisonment for killing his wife in 2009. The convict was identified as Kawsar Ahmed (30), son of Mokhlesur Rahman, a resident of Barochatul village in Kanaighat...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 issued on Thursday arrest warrant against 16 alleged Razakars from Maheshkhali upazila of Cox's Bazar, reports BSS. Justice Obaidul Hassan, chairman of the three-member panel of ICT-2, issued the warrant accepting a plea of the...
PABNA, May 21 (BSS): Police arrested a terrorist leader from Charbalarampur under Pabna Sadar Upazila of the district Thursday afternoon. The arrestee is Mukul Hossain alias Rukan (45). Police recovered two shutter-guns and one bullet from the spot. On a...
CHITTAGONG, May 21 (BSS): Information Minister Hasanul Hoq Inu urged the students to stand by the side of people keeping themselves above politics. "You will have to try again and again to reach your goals despite hundreds of obstacles," he...
SIRAJGANJ, May 21 (UNB): Police arrested two alleged human traffickers from Ullahpara upazila on Wednesday afternoon. The arrestees were identified as Alam, son of Abul Kashem, a resident of Haribhanga village and Abdul Hakim, son of Abdur Rashid, a resident...
M. A. Taslim in continuation of his front-page Economic Analysis, ‘Should Bangladesh Bank prop up the share market?’ | 2015-05-21 00:00:00
It is not clear why a movement of funds from stock market to deposits and saving certificates, if it had occurred at all, should have reduced investment. Money invested in saving certificates is available to the government to fund its...
Asjadul Kibria | 2015-05-21 00:00:00
The state of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is no doubt the key indicator to measure the performance of an economy. For the last few months, this is clearly reflected in discussions and discourses on the growth of the economy...
It may sound strange that half of the cash incentives provided to the export-oriented sectors of the economy is virtually eaten up by the readymade garment (RMG) industry. However, one must not also ignore here the reality about the overwhelming...
Abu Ahmed | 2015-05-21 00:00:00
Bangladesh is one of the few developing countries which could successfully manage its deficit financing over a long period of time. Last two decades saw one kind of financial discipline in the economy which was also an outcome resulting from...
Syed Nasim Manzur | 2015-05-21 00:00:00
An editorial titled Garments Workers' Skill Development, published in the Financial Express on May 18, 2015, correctly recognised the opening of the Centre of Excellence for Bangladesh Apparel Industries (CEBAI) last month as "a defining moment in the country's readymade...
On May 19 afternoon, I, along with my colleague, was walking down Road 11 of Banani from Gulshan 2 to reach Kakoli bus stand. As we reached the point where Road 11 meets the main road between Kakoli and Mohakhali,...
Students, who live in rural Bangladesh, go through a hard time in learning English language as there is a dearth of good teachers in schools of rural areas. As a result, they usually lag behind their urban counterparts in this...
A leading local English daily carried a front page analysis on May 9. It was about some wrong statements by the police which were subsequently corrected due to persistent and correct reporting by journalists. I congratulate our pressmen for doing...
Ferdaus Ara Begum | 2015-05-21 00:00:00
There is no denying about the need for seeds of good quality for getting better crop for consumption at home and also for export. Historically, farmers by themselves produce their own seeds, but in order to get quality ones, there...
Jafar Ahmed Chowdhury | 2015-05-21 00:00:00
As crimes in every society have changed its nomenclature, modes and modalities, so is election rigging in many emerging democracies including Bangladesh. Samuel P Huntington (1968) in his book Political Order in Changing Societies wrote, "Political corruption correlates reasonably well...
RAJSHAHI, May 20 (BSS): Two solar power-based irrigation pumps have brought blessings for many remote and hard-to-reach char villagers under Godagari Upazila of the district. Varieties of standing crops like paddy, maize and mustard on 40 bighas of lands are...
RAJSHAHI, May 20 (BSS): Speakers at a dialogue session with district HIV authority here Wednesday unequivocally called for more public awareness about the existing risks of HIV/AIDS to prevent its havoc. They laid stress on collective efforts of all quarters...
RAJSHAHI, May 20 (UNB): A motorcyclist was killed in a head-on collision with a pickup van on the Rajshahi-Naogaon Highway at Bakshail in Mohonpur upazila on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Kartik Mandal, 36, a resident of Malshira...
SIRAJGANJ, May 20 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a young man from a septic tank of his friend's house at Nimgachhi Khokshahat village in Raiganj Upazila on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Pankoj, 25, son of Samiron Roy,...
Our Correspondent | 2015-05-21 00:00:00
PABNA, May 20: Severe load shedding has gripped the people of Pabna district affecting especially the businessmen, town dwellers, Aus and jute production and the students. The Rural Electrification Board is getting only 45-48mw against the demand of 88-90mw power,...
BENAPOLE, May 20 (UNB): A businessman committed suicide by drinking pesticide at Dhanyakhola village in Sharsha Upazila on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Rinkon Hossain, 25, son of late Mizanur Rahman, a resident of Danyakhola village. Family sources...
Our Correspondent | 2015-05-21 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, May 20: Harvesting of green pepper has been started in Nilphamari district. But the price of the essential spice has came down to a throwaway price level. At present one maund (40kg) of green pepper is being sold at...
Our Correspondent | 2015-05-21 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, May 20: Kasiani thana police recovered body of a youth from a paddy field at Miazeerkandi under Singa union of Kasiani upazila in Gopalganj Tuesday. According to Kasiani thana police, on getting information from local farmers police reached the...
BENAPOLE, May 20 (UNB): A young housewife was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband and in-laws over a dowry-related feud at Lalitadah village in Sadar upazila of Jessore district on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Pervin Akter...
RANGPUR, May 20 (BSS): Speakers at a project inception meeting and agreement singing programme have stressed on providing vocational training to the dropped out adolescents in rural areas to create employment opportunities for them. RDRS Bangladesh organised the event on...
Our Correspondent | 2015-05-21 00:00:00
PABNA, May 20: Cross section people of Aminpur thana in Bera upazila of Pabna on Wednesday staged a demonstration protesting indiscriminate drug trading in Aminpur for last couple of years. Citizens' body including businessmen, teachers, political leaders, students joined the...
Young girl commits suicide in Sylhet A young girl committed suicide following breach in relationship of love at Hawapara in the city on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Mariam Begum, 23, hailing from Maijdihi in Srimangal upazila. She...
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